Quality Assurance Management

Alan Kapalka - Senior Manager

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Margate, Florida 33063

Tel: 954-***-**** e-mail: ppgwzj@r.postjobfree.com

Mr. Kapalka is a proven senior manager who has successfully completed

engineering/ construction services and projects whose gross value totaled

upward to $80 million dollars and assisted on projects over $2B dollars.

Client satisfaction, quality performance, safety, financial accountability,

contract negotiations, change order management, claims mitigation, and

successful time/risk management has allowed him to achieve good client

relationships through managed expectations and the attainment of projected

gross revenue without infringing on safety or quality. Those techniques

found in the PMBOK from PMI have been utilized over and over for many

years.

He is highly computer literate in project controls and financial analysis

where he strives to minimize risk to mitigate potential claims. Over the

years his accomplishments encompassed versatility in multiple areas of

business including Transportation, Water, Environmental, Information

Systems, Energy, and other Facilities.

Complementing the program/project management skills are a high level of

Quality Assurance management of ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems on a

state and national level.

EXPERIENCE

Transportation

* Construction administration for a $26 million construction engineering

and inspection contract for the Florida Department of Transportation,

which consisted of bridge construction, noise wall installation, paving,

milling, resurfacing, canal relocation, interchange configuration, LWDD

canal revetment, and major drainage installation successfully resulted in

increased vehicle capacity along a section of SR7 in Boca Raton, Florida.

* Effectively administered a $28.6 million construction inspection services

contract at Miami International Airport supporting an increase of airport

capacity through an extension the upper and lower vehicle drives. Other

appurtenances included the construction of a fire sprinkler system, a

sewer pump station, and underground utilities critical to improvements at

the South and MIA terminals, as well as columns and foundations for the

future automatic people mover system.

* To increase the safety of the public entering Carnival Cruise Lines in

Miami, Florida, the construction of a right-turn deceleration lane and

other entrance improvements was successfully completed.

Construction Assessments

* Successfully accomplished the completion of a report to provide

associated replacement costs for various facilities damaged by Hurricane

Andrew on the Florida Turnpike for the DOT. The report made

recommendations for repair and included photographs and video with

narration of the damage to substantiate all work in which the FDOT

subsequently securing Federal Funding for repair/reconstruction.

* Authored the development of a report for the study and implementation of

"Automation Techniques at the Construction Resident Offices of the

Florida DOT which later became a standard at which the FDOT has improved

the quality of construction, increase productivity through the reduction

of duplication, automated tasks, reduce paper work, and reduce claims and

court fees.

Quality Assurance

. As Quality Manager achieved ISO 9001 certification for the Florida

Offices of AECOM through quality training and Internal Audit management.

Oversight and enhanced update training of the quality program ensured

that the offices remained compliant.

. As the acting Regions Quality Assurance Manager for the Libyan House &

Infrastructure Program in Tripoli, Libya prominent relationships were

groomed within the Libyan government to successfully managed client

expectations to streamline the quality and approval process to increase

productivity and quality. Guided the foundation of their quality program

for a 24 km multi-lane thoroughfare with several interchanges to connect

to other major roads in the area.

Stormwater Drainage Improvements - Roadway Reconstruction Hazard Mitigation

Design & Construction

* Effectively administered total program management for the design and

construction of 400 street drainage improvements to include street

resurfacing, street reconstruction, stormwater drainage improvements, and

the design and dredging of nine miles of secondary canals throughout

Miami-Dade County, Florida. Successfully managed all contracts associated

with the work, which was completed using $80 million in FEMA funding,

including surveying, geotechnical, design, construction, and inspection.

Over 50 companies held contracts that were administered in the execution

of the work. The projects were meticulously organized to ensure no

downtime between subconsultant's tasks and the progress of the work. As a

result of the successful completion of the work the drainage in Miami-

Dade County was substantially enhanced. This increased safety and

mitigated the threat of flooding to the general public.

Environmental

* Construction management services for the modification and installation of

15 pump stations and several miles of force mains in the metropolitan

Dade County was successfully implemented to increase flow of improvements

as mandated by consent decree from the State of Florida. As a result it

helped to reduce possible fines incurred by the County due to non-

compliance.

* Updated design plans for the redesign of the storm drainage and sewer

system to comply with the current codes were furnished in order to bring

the Metro Dade County Solid Waste Management Department's North East and

West transfer stations back into compliance according to the findings of

the Department of Environmental Resource Management.

* Project/construction management services through peer review of the

following water projects; Collier County Water Treatment Plant and well

field construction, Marco Island Water Treatment Plant well field

construction, Seminole Brighton Water Treatment Plant, Seminole Hollywood

Water Treatment Plant.

Information Systems

* Technical support of Aconex document management system making

recommendations for project work flows and user considerations.

* Technical support and applications development to successfully implement

GIS files for Barnstable, Massachusetts, and Dover, New Hampshire

allowing shared data access to municipal departments. Shared data

included coverage's for wells, surface water sources, groundwater

sources, contaminants, and major and minor roads.

* Technical support to expedite the supplement of a geo-data file to manage

areas throughout the state for potential new water sources at the

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority was completed. By achieving this

task it maximizes the use of survey information gathered during

environmental assessments also increasing analysis and productivity.

* Database development of an expert system for Louisiana Power & Light to

allow for documentation and tracking of inventory, components, and

subcomponents to enhance customer service for their supervisory control

and data acquisition (SCADA) system including software validation.

* Working knowledge of network hardware installations including Bicsi

requirements for data rooms, air-blown fiber installations, server,

router, switch, cabling, and basic design knowledge of websites including

languages such as html and php.

Building Design

* Design Management of a Fire Station in an existing facility for the

Seminole Tribe of Florida was successfully completed. It provided a

conceptual design based on a client needs assessment in order to make

maximum use of existing properties that have been under-utilized.

Building Security

* Managed the designs of a state of the art security surveillance and

access control system for 20 sites/facilities for the Seminole Tribe of

Florida. The resultant designs culminated in a standard basis of design

concept that utilizes over the counter non-proprietary products thereby

reducing the initial cost in hardware and maintenance. Construction

drawings and specifications were successfully delivered along with

initial estimates for construction. For those sites/facilities whose

funds that have been budgeted, construction management service were

successfully provided to protect and monitor Tribal assets.

Facilities Management & Planning

* Effectively designed a facility management plan for the Puerto Rico

Electric Power Authority's (PREPA) Palo Seco plant, identifying all site

real estate and use under present and future conditions. Through the

client satisfaction generated with the preparation of this plan, its

successful completion culminated in it being the facility management

model for all of PREPA sites throughout the island and thereby increasing

our client backlog and gross revenues.

* Developed a facility management database for a SCADA system at Louisiana

Power and Light to allow for documentation and tracking of inventory,

components, and subcomponents to enhance customer service.

* Supervised and designed a construction planning schedule for the Metro-

Dade Aviation Department in Florida, for Concourse A at Miami

International Airport.

Energy Generating Facilities - Domestic & Abroad

* Successfully administrated the localization contract for the manufacture

of components and design calculations for Nuclear and Non-Nuclear piping

systems in Seoul, Korea in support of the country's electrical generating

production efforts. Indirect benefits resulted in the enhancing of

relationships between various cultures and personalities to work toward a

common goal and objective. 50 Korean Engineers achieved competent

training and experience by my efforts in the areas of piping analysis and

structural design.

* In the US, accomplished the successful Project Management (EPC) for Class

II Nuclear and Non-Nuclear piping systems and components in accordance

with ASME, ANSI B31.1, and AISC. Supervised the manufacture of Nuclear

and Non-Nuclear piping support components. The successful execution of

new construction and outage enhancement projects at over twenty-five

electrical generating (power plant) facilities resulted in increased

electrical generating capacity, upgraded service, increased reliability,

and safety throughout the life cycle process of the facilities. Client

satisfaction resulted in repeat business and an increase in gross

revenues. Examples of services provided included total project

management, estimating, scheduling, design, construction, and inspection

at the various facilities in accordance with existing standards and

procedures.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

. Project Management/Construction Management at Risk/Value Engineering -

PMI PMBOK

. Cost and Scheduling - Primavera, Suretrak, Microsoft Project, and

Expedition

. Relational Database Design and Management - Oracle, Access

. Basic knowledge of networks, data rooms, air-blown fiber, and basic

design knowledge of websites

. Geographic Information Systems Design and Application

. Security Systems - CCTV & Access Control

. Qualified Stormwater Management Inspector - Florida Department of

Environmental Protection

. FDOT Claims Avoidance, Supplemental Agreements/Work Order Processing, and

Materials Management

. Piping Stress Analysis, Structural Support Design, Construction

Engineering and fabrication

. Radiation Safety

. Computer Graphic Applications - MicroStation and AutoCAD

. Microsoft Office Professional (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access), Visio

EDUCATION

BS, Civil Engineering, Roger Williams College, 1980

Coursework, Architectural Engineering, University of Miami, 1977

AS, Architectural Engineering, Wentworth Institute, 1975

REGISTRATIONS

Quality Assurance Leader Auditor ISO 9001

40-Hour OSHA Health and Safety Training

First Aid & AED

Sumitomo Electric Air Blown Fiber Design and Estimating

Qualified Stormwater Management Inspector, FL

Notary Public, FL

NAUI-Certified Diver

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

AECOM (Metcalf & Eddy): June 2002 - June 2009

Shaw Group (Stone & Webster Engineering): March 1982 - January 2002

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Society of Civil Engineers - current

Project Management Institute - past member

American Water Works Association - past member

ASIS International - Security Management - past member

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